‘You talk about your nuclear capabilities, but ours are so massive and powerful that I pray to God they never have to be used,’ Trump wrote in an open letter to Kim, shortly after North Korea announced it had destroyed its nuclear test site.

Chinese table tennis legend Zhang Jike was mobbed by screaming fans before his first-round main draw game even started on Thursday afternoon – but the three-time Olympic gold medallist could not produce the goods against Japan’s Maharu Yoshimura, fuelling concerns he is prioritising entertainment

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The salvaged South Korean ferry Sewol has been successfully lifted from its side to an upright position at a port in Mokpo. The vessel sank off the southwestern coast on April 16, 2014, killing 304 people onboard.

Two 80-year-old banyan trees in Hong Kong were cut down by the Lands Department officials after a stand-off with conservationists. SCMP photographer Nora Tam captures some of the city’s last remaining giant trees.

A Taiwanese dog owner’s touching letter to her deceased pet went viral on Chinese social media. Pudding, a 15-year-old golden retriever, suffered from bone spurs pressing on her nerves. Her owner had taken her for a walk, letting Pudding enjoy the breeze, only for the dog to refuse to leave.

Thousands of people have gathered on the island of Cheung Chau in Hong Kong to celebrate the annual bun festival. According to local legend, the festival originated after the god Pak Tai drove a deadly plague away from the island.

Athletes from across the world came to the Great Wall of China to run, walk or even crawl to finish a marathon on the World Heritage Site. They had to overcome harsh conditions of over 5,000 steps and elevation changes throughout the race.

When completed, the 42km-long Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge will be one of the longest bridges above water in the world, constructed with the mission to speed up integration of cities in the Pearl River Delta. Will it be worth its staggering cost?

Sixteen years after its return to China, Macau is a city at the crossroads. In this South China Morning Post multimedia package, Raquel Carvalho delves into its chequered history, charts its meteoric rise and asks what the future holds.

China announced it would abandon the one-child policy. Reuters photographer Carlos Barria shot these intimate portraits of young Chinese people born since the start of the policy in 1979 and captured their raw thoughts on the prospect of having a sibling.

Tree maintenance has come into sharper focus recently following the government’s controversial decision to cut down four giant century-old banyans in August, and the collapse of a number of trees in recent months that have caused injuries. With experts expressing concern over the health and maintenance of trees citywide, the South China Morning Post has put together an interactive guide to the condition of more than 3,000 trees across Hong Kong, based on the latest data contained in a register originally created by the Development Bureau in 2010. Our map contains information on the health of more than 900 trees included in the register along with 2,700 others deemed "failed" or which were removed and not found on the register.